Automated vehicles (AVs) represent a socio-technical transition of the mobility system. Thus far, research has focused predominantly on the technical dimension (i.e. technology development and operation, short-term impacts) of this transition. This paper presents a research agenda that contributes in rebalancing the focus from the technical to the societal dimension of the AVs transition. We adopt the social construction of technology approach, suggesting that technology and society are involved in a dialectical process over time that constructs each other and we identify three key dynamics of the societal dimension of AVs transition based on the multi-level perspective of technological transition. After reviewing the scholarly literature, we suggest an expansion of the research focus in three key research areas: societal acceptance, societal implications and governance of AVs to account for the societal dimension of the AVs transition. In the first area, we suggest an expansion of the research focus from consumers' adoption to citizens' acceptance of introduction of AVs. In the second area, we suggest an expansion of the research focus from short-term to long-term societal implications of AVs. In the third area, we suggest a shift from exploratory scenarios to participative anticipatory governance of desirable AVs futures.

自动驾驶汽车（AVs）代表了出行系统的社会技术转型。到目前为止，研究主要集中在这种过渡的技术维度（即技术开发和运营，短期影响）上。本文提出了一个研究议程，有助于重新平衡从视音频过渡到技术层面到社会层面的关注。我们采用技术的社会建构方法，表明随着时间的流逝，技术和社会相互参与，并构成了一个辩证过程，并且基于技术转型的多层次视角，我们确定了AV转型的社会维度的三个关键动力。回顾学术文献后，我们建议将研究重点扩展到三个关键研究领域：社会接受度，影音企业的社会影响和治理，以解决影音企业转型的社会层面。在第一个领域，我们建议将研究重点从消费者的采用扩展到公民对AV引入的接受。在第二个方面，我们建议将AV的研究重点从短期社会影响扩展到长期社会影响。在第三个领域，我们建议从理想的AV期货的探索性方案转向参与性的预期性治理。我们建议将AV的研究重点从短期社会影响扩展到长期社会影响。在第三个领域，我们建议从理想的AV期货的探索性方案转向参与性的预期性治理。我们建议将AV的研究重点从短期社会影响扩展到长期社会影响。在第三个领域，我们建议从理想的AV期货的探索性方案转向参与性的预期性治理。